Six more children die in Mithi hospital amid malnutrition crisis
Six children died in Mithi Civil Hospital over five days due to malnutrition and illnesses; child death toll in the past month rises to 50, officials cite home births and low birth weight.
MITHI (Web Desk) - In Tharparkar, six more children have died over the past five days at Mithi Civil Hospital due to malnutrition and various illnesses.
According to hospital sources, the children were undergoing treatment for different diseases and weakened immune systems.
Malnutrition claims lives of three more infants as death toll reaches 46 in Mithi
Sources further revealed that the total number of children who have died from various ailments at Mithi Hospital in the past month has reached 50.
The Medical Superintendent of Mithi Civil Hospital stated that the primary reasons for the children’s deaths are home deliveries and low birth weight.
